Recently there was an unusual solar storm on the Sun, which formed a giant fire canyon. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory showed a vivid animation of this huge ejection of charged plasma. The solar wind reached Earth in April 2022.

And on August 9, after a solar flare, charged particles bombarded our planet again. At 600 kilometers per second [372 miles per second], they collided into Earth’s magnetosphere, causing auroras. The northern lights were visible in U.S. states from Maine to New York.

But scientists say this time we were just lucky – if a more powerful solar storm hit the Earth, instead of a brilliant celestial show, it could have ended in a disaster.

Solar storms have already shown their destructive power at least twice in the past. Now our Sun is once again nearing its maximum activity and the likelihood of another powerful burst of plasma is increasing.

How did these solar flares affect our planet in the past? And does the peak of our star’s activity in 2023 threaten the Earth’s destruction?

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